Enterprise Architect for Corporate Platform

Nordea; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and drive business and technology solutions for Corporate Banking and payments platforms. You will translate changing business strategies into well-architected, cost-effective solutions in a hybrid setup.

You’ll collaborate with senior management and multiple stakeholders, coaching junior architects and guiding architecture across four disciplines and architectural levels. Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Corporate Banking products and services.
• Experience with corporate core banking platforms or large-scale banking systems.
• Knowledge of end-to-end corporate banking processes and platform integrations.
• Background in architecture disciplines and translating business goals into architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop Architecture Visions and Target Architectures for payments and related areas.
• Support execution teams with architecture governance and approvals.
• Lead enterprise architecture assignments across service areas.
• Represent Architecture in steering committees and governance forums.
• Support proof-of-concept and procurement processes for new software.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF

ITIL

SAFe

Payments domain

Corporate Banking knowledge

English communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Job description

Job ID: 4939

Would you like to play a key role in shaping the future of Corporate Banking and our core banking platforms? We are looking for an Enterprise Architect to define and drive business and technology solutions in this critical area.

About This Opportunity

Welcome to the Corporate and Transactions Architecture Team. We add value by working closely with senior management and all other stakeholders on the business side as well as the technology side on translating business trends and new regulation into actionable initiatives and fit-for-purpose solutions. As the Enterprise Architect, you’ll play a valuable role by understanding changing business strategies and requirements, by bringing your technology competence to the table and by merging these two into design of well architected, user friendly and cost effective solutions.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work with other architects, business and technology stakeholders on developing Architecture Visions and Target & Transition Architectures for various parts of the business and the technology landscape with a main focus on the payments related area
• Support the various execution structures and development teams building the solutions with architecture and governance/approval processes
• Join and/or run enterprise architecture assignments going across several Service Areas
• Represent Architecture in various steering committees and other governance foras
• Support proof-of-concept and procurement processes of new software and technology
• Manage the architecture elements of new technology adoption processes
• Support and coach less senior architects in the relevant areas
• Work with all four architectural disciplines and at all abstraction levels
• Work with all business lines related Corporate customers, but the main focus will be Corporate Banking and closely related areas like cash management and corporate lending

You’ll join an experienced team where the members combined have a broad and deep knowledge of the business, of technology and of all the architecture disciplines. This role is open in Helsinki or Gdańsk. We work in a hybrid model (60 % onsite, 40 % remote), combining office collaboration with flexible remote work.

Who You Are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.

To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Have strong communication and cooperation skills – also in English – and that you are able to interact seamlessly with many different parts of the organisation & at all levels
• Are a team player but also able to work well on your own when required
• Are able to work on several different assignments concurrently
• Are able to prioritise your own assignments according to agreed overall priorities and in dialogue with the Service Area leadership team and your manager

Your experience and background, you have:

• A strong understanding of Corporate Banking as a business area, including products and services such as lending, cash management, payments, and trade finance
• Experience working with corporate core banking platforms or large‑scale banking systems supporting corporate customers
• Understand end‑to‑end corporate banking processes and how they are supported by core platforms and integrations
• A strong understanding of payments as a business line for a large cross border bank and a solid background in technology disciplines
• A keen interest in architecture, master the architectural disciplines and have the ability to take high level business strategies and objectives and transform them to tangible and executable architectures
• Good knowledge of and maybe earlier certifications in ITIL and TOGAF
• A good understanding of agile execution models – including SAFe – and experience in working with them
• Probably a Bachelor's or a Master's in computer science, engineering or similar or another technology related background combined with many years of experience working in and with architecture functions

Submit your application no later than 30/09/2026.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

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